I’ve finally seen the last installment of the Fate/Stay Night Heaven’s Feel Trilogy – which means it’s time to give my thoughts on Ufotable’s adaptations of these routes of the game.
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This time I’m starting off talking about some Fantasy anime that are worthy of consideration, and introduce a concept I’ll be revisiting over the course of this series – the Axis of Emotional/Comedic Intensity.
Continue reading “The Anime Appendix N: Fantasy (Part 1)”
We watch and discuss the ending of the game, and I give my final thoughts.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 26 – Closure”
We finally finish our battle with Nohman and Anubis.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 25 – Reap It You SOB”
It’s time for the final fight against Nohman, this time inside Aumann itself.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 24 – For All the Marbles”
We throw down with Anubis again – this time on semi-equal terms.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 23 – Battle in Hyperspace”
This time I have a book review of a novel about making anime.
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We make our way to Aumann via a cargo entrance.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 22 – Backstage Pass”
We make our next attempt at the next survival sequence – holding off waves of enemies while keeping our supporting troops alive.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 21 – Hold The Line”
We have a boss fight against a very large orbital frame, before our first attempt at a major pitched battle.
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It’s time for the big push, and we have to take out some capital ships on our way to the rendezvous point.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 19 – Fleet Action”
Like the title says, Anubis is back and we have to do what we can to survive.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 18 – Anubis Returns”
We have a boss fight with Lloyd to get the needed upgrade for Jehuty.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 17 – Earn Your Upgrade”
We make an absurdly long descent into the basement of Lloyd’s base.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 16 – Descent Into the Depths”
We navigate the surface of Lloyd’s base in an attempt to find our way to “the basement”.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 15 – In Through The Out Door”
We make our way to someone who can upgrade Jehuty – Lloyd.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 Mars: Ep 14 – Walk This Way”
This week I’m starting a new limited series, spun off from my RPG recommendations. This time I’m giving recommendations for anime by genre, based on how they spur inspiration at the gaming table, inspired by AD&D’s Appendix N. This time, I’m getting into why I’m doing this spinoff in the first place.
Continue reading “The Anime Appendix N: Introduction”I’m about due for one of these Anime & RPG recommendation videos, so it’s time for another.
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Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited is the anime series about a co-protagonist who buy anything except a break for their show. It’s a show that came out the year that officers from Minneapolis Police Department murdered George Floyd, leading to a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests that not only spanned not just the United States, but Japan as well. It’s a show that got postponed for a cour due to production difficulties from COVID-19. Consequently, as a part of that, it’s a series that wrapped up its season just in time for the officers who murdered Breanna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky to not face charges for their actions. And it’s about a co-protagonist who uses their astronomical, Nagi Sanzenin levels of wealth to get away with breaking the law under the auspices of having a badge.
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I love anime that are somewhat educational about something. While Hajime No Ippo has a very over-the-top depiction of boxing, I felt like I came away from it with a better appreciation of the sport. Shirobako and Animation Runner Kuromi gave me a better appreciation of what goes into anime (though again, both works are romanticized), and so on. So, this past season, I decided to give the anime series Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater a shot for a similar reason, and I’m very glad I did.
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Season 1 of Fruits Basket stopped at about the same place that the previous adaptation of the show had done – after Tohru had seen Kyo’s true form for the first time, and unlike others before had refused to reject him – and had indeed accepted and embraced him (both literally and figuratively) in spite of this, along with Tohru getting to, albeit briefly, meet Akito for the first time. Season 2 enters some new ground (as far as anime adaptations are concerned), diving a little deeper into the inter-relationships between members of the Zodiac, Akito, and the larger Sohma family.
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It’s interesting how different aspects of geekdom’s failure to interact can lead to people grabbing into smaller parts of a larger, more interesting picture. (Note – this started as a series of tweets that I’ve tweaked somewhat)
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This past season of anime started with me having about 6-7 different series I was planning to watch… and then COVID-19 hit and with postponements, that number dropped down to two. One of those was Fruits Basket Season 2, which is still ongoing, but the other was a new Isekai series based on a Light Novel, and one with a premise that really caught my interest – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (or HameFura for short).
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I have some significant gaps in the classics of Toonami. I watched most (though not quite all) of Gundam Wing when it first aired. Same with Outlaw Star, and a fair amount of Dragon Ball Z (at least through the end of the Namek arc). However, I never really watched much of Yu-Yu Hakusho, and I never got around to watching any of The Big O. Maybe it was the title of the show – it certainly wasn’t the aesthetic – the retro-futuristic style grabbed my interest. However, it wasn’t until recently that I finally got the opportunity to watch The Big O in its entirety – and it’s an interesting show to unpack.
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